Map method in python

Question

I can't see how the map() is functioning behind the hood, for what reason is it returning a rundown with all None, except for when I check f.goodFood the components have been added there?

class FoodExpert:

    def init(self):

        self.goodFood = []

    def addGoodFood(self, food):

        self.goodFood.append(food)

    def likes(self, x):

        return x in self.goodFood

    def prefers(self, x, y):

        x_rating = self.goodFood.index(x)

        y_rating = self.goodFood.index(y)

        if x_rating > y_rating:

            return y

        else:

            return x

I also wrote this code, after declaring this class:

>>> f = FoodExpert()

>>> f.init()

>>> map(f.addGoodFood, ['SPAM', 'Eggs', 'Bacon', 'Rat', 'Spring Surprise'])

[None, None, None, None, None]

>>> f.goodFood

['SPAM', 'Eggs', 'Bacon', 'Rat', 'Spring Surprise']

Answer 1

Here, map applies a capacity/function on an iterable and returns another list where the function was applied on every item. 

For your situation, it shows None on the grounds that f.addGoodFood work brings nothing back. 

For testing purposes change addGoodFood along these lines:

def addGoodFood(self, food):

    self.goodFood.append(food)

    return "test"

and see:

>>> map(f.addGoodFood, ['SPAM', 'Eggs', 'Bacon', 'Rat', 'Spring Surprise'])

['test', 'test', 'test', 'test', 'test']

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